Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4015, John Gilchrist, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Gilchrist, John.
TR. 4015
Eleanor
Ellen
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania on account of the loss of her husband in the revo- lutionary war. That Mr. Gilebert has been dead many years.
Sworn & Subscribed in open court before the Judges of said Court this second day of January A.D. 1854 for mp P.M.
Isaac G. Parr
State of Pennsylvania Northumberland County ss
Juliet E. Irwin being duly sworn on this 2 nd day of January A.D. 1854 in open court deposes and says that she is the eldest child now living of John & Ellen Gilebert that her father & mother were married as she was always informed in Dauphin County Penna. That there is no family record showing the date of their marriage that her father was a lieutenant in the war of the Revolution & drew a pen- sion for injuries received in the service. That he died in Northumberland County Penna. on the 27 th December A.D. 1805 - That her mother Ellen Gilebert died on the 10 th of May

A.D. 1844 That she was never married after the death of her father John Gilchrist. That her mother was born in the year 1789 on the 11 th September.
Seen & subscribed in open court this second day of January A.D. 1854 Juliet M. Irvine for Groom Pnt

State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland } ss.
On this second day of January A.D. 1854 hundred and fiftyfour personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County - now sitting James B. Parr administrator of the Estate of Ellen Gilchrist a resident of the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania aged sixty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for the children of Ellen Gilchrist deceased the allowances of pension which the said Ellen Gilchrist would have been entitled to draw at once immediately before the time of her death if she had applied for the same.
John Gilchrist the husband of the said Ellen Gilchrist was a Lieutenant in the service of the Revolutionary war and was a Pensioner of the United States and drew in his life time an invalid pension for which he made application when residing in Dauphin County in the state of Pennsylvania. That shortly after he made application for a pension he removed from the County of Dauphin aforesaid to the County of Westmoreland where he was residing when he died and that he died

in the County of Westmoreland on the twenty seventh day of December in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and five leaving the said Ellen Gilchrist his widow and five children to wit Juliet M. Gilchrist afterwards intermarried with Andrew Irwin Lucinda E. Gilchrist afterwards intermarried with John Latter John A. Gilchrist name deceased. Hannah C. Gilchrist name intermarried with James B. Parr & Motilda P. Gilchrist afterwards intermarried with Thomas M c Conville. That John A. Gilchrist died in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and that Motilda P. Gilchrist died in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six - That Ellen Gilchrist the widow of said John Gilchrist died on the tenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty four leaving surviving her three daughters to wit Juliet M. Irwin, Lucinda E. Latter and Hannah C. Parr - who are all still living - That he was well acquainted with his widow and all her children and that he knows that the said Ellen Gilchrist drew a pension from the State of Pennsylvania from eighteen hundred and thirty nine until the time of her death in eighteen hundred and forty four and that the record of her application for a pension is on file in Harrisburg which contains

a resident of the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania after fifty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Ellen Gilchrist first for more than thirty years before her death that she was al- ways reported to be the widow of Mr. Gilchrist who was reported to have been an officer in the revolutionary war and that his Ellen died to the best of deponent's recollection on the 10 th day of May 1844 that the said Ellen Gilchrist at the time left the following children in wit I write Mr. Irwin - Lucinda E. Latta and Hannah C. Parr who are now in full life that said Ellen Gilchrist was never married since the death of her husband Mr. Gilchrist that said Ellen died in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania that her Ellen Gilchrist for some years before her death drew a pension from the

amongst other things a certificate from the Rev Mr. Brodhead of the marriage of the said Ellen Gilchrist with the said John Gilchrist which he thinks was about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight. That the said John Gilchrist and Ellen Gilchrist were always reputed to have been married and that they left the children before named all of whom are of the highest respectability who are recognised and reputed to be the children and heirs of the said John Gilchrist and Ellen Gilchrist, and that the said Ellen Gilchrist never married after the death of her husband John Gilchrist but continued his widow until the time of her death.
Sworn and Subscribed in open
Court this 2 nd day of January
A.D 1854
James B Parr
For Prop Plff
State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland } ss
On this Second day of December A.D eighteen hundred and fifty four Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Westmoreland now sitting Isaac G. Parr

To the honorable the Senate and house of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met.
Your petitioner humbly representeth to your honorable bodies that she is a native of Dauphin County and now a resident of Westmoreland. That she is the Widow of John Gilchrist (to whom she was married on the 28 th day of October A.D. 1788 by the Rev d James Snodgrass Pastor of Hanover Congregation in the said County of Dauphin as reference to his marriage certificate will show) who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and disabled by a wound he received in his right arm in August 1776 to whom the Commonwealth allowed a pension of 64 dollars per year during life as doth appear by an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth passed the 20 th day of February 1804 Recorded in Book N o 9 Page 358.
Your petitioner further informs your honours that her husband removed from Harrisburgh to Greensburgh Pennsylvania in October 1805 who after who after a few weeks residence among strangers, died in December following, having drawed but one years pension before his death; and after his death your petitioner drawed that part of the years pension which was due from the 20 th of August 1805 untill the 27 th day of December the same year, being the date of his death, as will appear by a certified copy from the Auditor Generals office accompanying this petition.
Your petitioner further states that when her husband died she was left a widow in poor and indigent circumstances, with a family of small children which she maintained by her own industry without much difficulty untill the year 1816, when after a few days  sittings she lost her eye sight and has remained entirely blind ever since. your petitioner being in necessitous circumstances, and being blind, together with the infirmities of old age renders her unable to support herself by

any kind of industry. And hearing what former leg- islatures have done for ameliorating the condition of the poor widows of revolutionary soldiers, has encouraged your petitioner, though with reluctance to pray your honourable bodies to grant to her such relief or annuity as in your wisdom you may think advisable. As in duty bound, your petitioner will ever pray &c.
Eleanor her Gilchrist mark
Westmoreland County ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came the widow Eleanor Gilchrist, who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that the foregoing Instrument of writing is her petition and that the matter or facts therein set forth is just and true to the best of her knowledge, and belief. Sworn and subscribed before me this 28 th day of February A. D. 1840. E. A. Robison J. P. Eleanor her Gilchrist mark
John Gilchrist
Westmoreland County ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Westmoreland came Julet Irwin and Hannah Parr who being sworn as the law directs did depose and say that John Gilchrist who is named in the foregoing petition died near Greensburgh and that they were at his funeral and saw him buried at the Church Yard at Greens- burgh and that Eleanor Gilchrist the petitioner was left a widow and remains so still. Sworn and subscribed before me this 16 th day of March A. D. 1840.
E. A. Robison J. P.
Julet Irwin Hannah Parr
petition in C. B.
proof of death of John Gilchrist and identity of his widow

I do hereby certify, that John M. Gilchrist & Eleanor Boughill both of Dauphin County & State of Pennsylvania, were lawfully married, by me on the 28 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1788. - Given at Hanover Dauphin County Penn a . August 24 th 1839. by
James Snodgrass pastor - of Hanover congregation -
State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin, ss.
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the Borough of Harrisburg in the County of Dauphin James W. Weir Esq. Cashier of the Harrisburg Bank, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with the Rev d James Snodgrass a Presbyterian Clergyman who officiated for many years as a Minister at Hanover congregation in Dauphin County and that the said Rev d James Snodgrass died on or about the year A. D. 1845 that he was well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Rev d James Snodgrass, and that the body of the certificate of the marriage of Eleanor Gilchrist and John Gilchrist hereto annexed marked A, and the signature thereto are the proper handwriting of the said Rev d James Snodgrass and that the signature is his name. -
Sworn & Subscribed this 21 st day of April A. D. 1854 -
J. W. Weir
Before me
Henry Beader
State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin, ss.
The undersigned before whom the foregoing deposition was made do certify that deponent is a gentleman of the highest standing and respectability and entitled to full faith and credit.
Henry Beader
Justice of the Peace

certificate of marriage
State of Pennsylvania Dauphin County, ss.
I Stephen Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, do certify that Henry Beader whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and State, duly elected and commissioned, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all such his official acts, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and Seal of said court at Harrisburg, this twenty first day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Stephen Miller Prothonotary

June 17, 1937
Mr. William McJunkin Swissvale Pennsylvania
7726 Stanton ave
John Gilchrist R. 4015 BA-J/AWF
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Gilchrist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The record of John Gilchrist which follows was obtained from pension claim, R. 4015, based upon his disability incurred while in the service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only John Gilchrist found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office; the surname was searched under similar spellings.
The date and place of birth of John Gilchrist were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated. The name is shown- John Gilchrist, John M. Gilchrist, and John Kilcriest.
John Gilchrist was commissioned, July 12, 1776, 2nd Lieutenant in Captain John Reed's company of foot in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp; he was wounded in his right arm in the month of August, 1776.
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1789 on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound. He was, also, pensioned by the State of Pennsylvania, from January 1, 1803, on account of disability incurred while in the service.
He married October 28, 1788 in Dauphin County,

Pennsylvania, Eleanor or Ellen Berryhill, a native of said Dauphin County. The date of her birth is not given, nor names of her parents stated.
John Gilchrist and Eleanor (Ellen) Berryhill, when they married, were both of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They were living in 1804 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and from there moved to Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where John Gilchrist died December 27, 1805.
It was stated that his widow, Eleanor Gilchrist, was pensioned by the State of Pennsylvania, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
The widow died May 10, 1844 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
John Gilchrist, at his death, left five children:
Juliet M., born September 21, 1789, married Andrew Irvine.
Lucinda E., (date of birth not given) married John Lotta or Latta.
John A., (date of birth not given) died in 1828 or the spring of 1829.
Hannah C. (date of birth not given) married James B. Parr.
Matilda B., (date of birth not given) married Thomas McConnell, she died in 1836.
Juliet M. Irvine, Lucinda E. Lotta or Latta, and Hannah C. Parr survived their mother and were still living in 1854. James B. Parr in 1854 was sixty years of age and living in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was administrator on the estate of the widow, Eleanor or Ellen Gilchrist.
Isaac G. Parr was a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1854; his relationship to the family not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 24, 1904 Hist. to T. N. McAbry, Wash - D.C.
1937- Jan. 6 - list to Mary Pickford Eng 1937- June 17 - " " Wm. M. Jenkins 1937- Oct 8 - " " Mrs. M. E. Frey Eng
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4015.
P. O. _____
Eleanor Gilchrist
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

I hereby return the enclosed papers - please cancel my receipt for them.
Aug Dunn H. R. Jan 24 th

No 15197 Eleanor Gilechrist dec. Wid of John Pa
Had Drama Aug 10/54 Sum Feb. 29/55
4015
July 7/88

Pennsylvania ss.
In ASSEMBLY.
To John Hileriest Gentleman. July 12 th 1776
No 1
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of a Comp y . of Foot under the Command of Captain John Reed, in a Battalion Rais'd in Lancaster County for the flying Camp
for the Protection of this Province, against all hostile Enterprize, and for the Defence of American Liberty.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Second Lieutenant as aforesaid by doing and
performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their Second Lieutenant
And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from the Assembly during their Sessions; and, in their Recess, from the present or any future Committee of
Safety appointed by the Assembly of this Province, or from your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Regulations for the better Government of the Military Association in Pennsylvania, and pursuant to the
Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by the Assembly, or by the present or any succeeding Committee of Safety.
Signed by Order of the Assembly,
John Morton Speaker.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland, /7.
On this third day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting John McLaired who being first duly sworn according to law on his solemn oath deponeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Ellen Gilchrist of Westmoreland County who was always reputed to be the widow of John Gilchrist a reputed officer in the Revolutionary war that she was due a pension as he understood some time previous to her death from the State of Pennsylvania on account of the services of her husband in the Revolutionary war that she left three children surviving her namely, Juliet M. Erwin, Lucinda E. Lott & Hannah C. Parr who were all reputed to be the children of Ellen Gilchrist deceased and her reputed husband John Gilchrist that they are all highly respectable persons in good standing in society -
Sworn and subscribed in open Court before me this third
day of January A.D. 1854
Jos Grop Post
J. M. Laird

State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland } 7
On this third day of January in the year A.D. 1854 Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting A. C. Moorhead a resident of the County of Westmoreland, aged about
years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose on his oath and say that he was well acquainted with Ellen Gilchrist now deceased the reputed widow of John Gilchrist who was reputed to be an officer of the revolutionary war that she resided in Westmoreland County that she died in 1844 about can planting that she left surviving her three daughters namely Juliet M. Irwin, Lucinda E. Latta and Hannah C. Paner who were reputed to be the children of the said Ellen Gilchrist and a certain John Gilchrist who was reputed to be an officer in the Revolutionary war. That the family were reputed to have removed to Westmoreland from near Harrisburg many years ago
Sworn & subscribed in open court before me this third day of January A.D. 1854
Jos Groff Pres
A. C. Moorhead
(1)
(2)

And now to wit January the Third A-D 1854 the Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said John Gilchrist was an officer of the Revolutionary War and an in notice pensioner of the Government of the United States and that the said Ellen Gilchrist deceased was the widow of the said John Gilchrist and that she was married to the said John Gilchrist as early as 1788 or prior thereto and that the said John McRae, Hannah L. Parr and Lucinda G. Latta are the only surviving children of the said Ellen & John Gilchrist and that the testimony is credible & respectable and the best of its kind, highly respectable one in Court the day and year above named. By the Court In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Newburgh this Third day of January A.D 1854
Jos Goss Pres.

Penna Off.
Feb 24, 1855.
Sir:
I have filed the Commission of John Gilchrist, and the copy of the act for his relief passed by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania on the 20 th of February 1804, and agree to state, that the first and capital the opinion expressed in my letter to you on the 10 th of August last, in that Gilchrist did not render an amount of service which would bring the claim of his late widow within the provisions of the pension laws - for it appears that he was appointed on the 12 th of July 1776, and left the service when he was wounded in August 1776; and, probably did not render more than a month's service; whereas the minimum amount of service required by the pension laws is six months. The

as way in which the, of course, the officer can be situated would be by the production of evidence showing that he has paid for 24 months, since: In which event the amount of pension for that amount could be paid to Mrs. Goldsmith's surviving children. Perhaps some evidence could be found in the Archives at Horse- siding.
I am &
Hon. A. Brown, Mch 24/55
He at. Brown, House of Reps

Hon. A. D. Mann
Aug 10 /53,
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Pension Office Aug 10 1854
Sir The application of the administrator of Eleanor Gilchrist, widow of John has been examined and filed under the act of July 7 1838.
No evidence has been furnished to show that her husband ever served as much as six months in the War of the Revolution. If he left the service when he was wounded in August 1775 it is not probable that he did serve so long and pensions are not granted for a shorter period of service.
Hon A Drum H. J. R

An Act for the relief of John Gilchrist
Whereas it appears that John Gilchrist of the Borough of Harrisburg while in the service of this State in the late Revolutionary War received a wound by reason whereof he is rendered unable to procure a maintenance by manual labour Therefore:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That the aforesaid John Gilchrist be and he is hereby allowed an annuity of Sixty four dollars from the first day of January One thousand Eight hundred and three and to continue during his life, to be paid as follows: Viz: What is now due immediately after the passing of this Act and in future half yearly on Warrants drawn by the Governor out of any unappropriated Monies in the Treasury of this Commonwealth.
Simon Snyder Speaker of the House of Representatives Robert Whitehill Speaker of the Senate.
Approved February the Twentieth in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and four.
Thomas M c Lean Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Secretary's Office Harrisburg Jan 24. 1855.
Pennsylvania Gs:
I do certify that the foregoing Copy of the Original Act of the General Assembly, as the same remains on file in this office.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of Secretary's Office the day and year above Writing
John M. Sullivan Deputy Secy of State

No 15197.
Eleanor Gilchrist.
Pa
July 7. 1888.
Filed by
Hon. Augustus Wren Ho. of Reps.
Proofs 8005 sent by atty Saird

State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland } fs.
Personally appeared before the Hon. John Mearns a Justice of the Province and for the County of Westmoreland duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Mayor. James Mearns formerly a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania and a resident of Westmoreland County aged fifty one years. Who being first duly sworn according to his deposition and saith that he was well acquainted with Ellen Gilchrist deceased who was reputed to be the widow of John Gilchrist who was reputed to have been a Lieutenant in the Service during the revolutionary war. That the said Ellen Gilchrist remained with her husband from Dauphin County more than forty years ago, that he was not personally acquainted with the said John Gilchrist he having died a short time after he removed to Westmoreland County That the said Ellen Gilchrist died about May 1844 That she left surviving her

three children to wit Juliet M. Erwin Hannah - C. Parr & Lucinda E. Letts that she had two other children who died previous to her death to wit Adjutant John Gilchrist who was killed by the fall of a tree in the Spring of 1829, and Matilda B. McConnel wife of Thomas McConnel who died about in the year 1836 That the above named children of Ellen Gilchrist were all reputed to be also the children of the said John Gilchrist by the said Ellen Gilchrist That deponent understood also from persons residing in Dauphin County that the said John Gilchrist was an officer in the service of the United States Government during the war of the rebellion
Sworn & subscribed before me this 4 th day of January A.D. 1854
John Monroe J.P.
James Boorhaad

State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland/3.
Personally appeared one John Manner a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Westmoreland Eliza Cooper a resident of Westmoreland County aged about fifty-five years who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she was acquainted with John Gilchrist who formerly resided in Dauphin County that the said John Gilchrist and Ellen Gilchrist and all the family came to the House of this deponent's father in Greensburg Westmoreland County when they first came from Dauphin County. That they remained at my father's House whose name was Joseph Waigh at that time a member of the Bar in Greensburg until my father got a situation for the said John Gilchrist to teach in the County. My father addressed him as Major Gilchrist. The said John Gilchrist died about three months after he came to Westmoreland County. He was buried in Greensburg and the Widow Ellen Gilchrist and other members of the family

lived at my father's on the day of the funeral before they returned home. When Major John Gilchrist and Ellen Gilchrist his wife came to my father's first in Greensburg they had five children Julius. Mr. Gilchrist afterwards moved to Andrew Ewing & Lucinda E. afterwards married to John Latta. John A. Gilchrist who was killed by the fall of a tree about the year 1829. Hannah - C. afterwards.
Married to James B. Parr - & Matilda B. afterwards married to Thos. McElvane She died fifteen or eighteen years ago.
I was living in Allegheny County when the widows of John Gilchrist died and do not recollect the year - Ellen Gilchrist was with John Gilchrist when they first came to my father's and was represented to him as his wife
Sworn & subscribed before me the 4 th day of January. A.D. 1854 John Mowrer S.P.
Eliza Cooper

State of Pennsylvania
County of Ulster mould } 171
Personally appeared before the me John Maun a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths James George a Resident of said County aged about ninety four years who being first duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that he knew John Gilchrist first in Dauphin County that he quit farming and moved into Harrisburg where he kept tavern for some time. I have stopt at his tavern in Harrisburg It was three or four years after Peace was made with Great Britain that I first knew him he then lived on a farm after wards moved into Harrisburg I knew Ellen Gilchrist in Dauphin County she was called his wife I took her for his wife they lived together in Dauphin County I believe it was the Rev Snodgrass who married them I heard that John Gilchrist got a pension for services in the Revolutionary war I was called out myself to serve a tour in the irregular war in the Military had a substitute, John Gilchrist and his wife Ellen after wards left Dauphin County and

Come to West moreland County and died in this County. I heard he taught school for a short time I knew his son John A. Gilchrist and his daughters Juliet M. Erwin Hannah C. Parr and Lucinda E. Latta. Matilda was the youngest I did not know so much about her - I saw and knew Ellen Gilchrist after she came from Dauphin County to West moreland County she was the evidence of John Gilchrist of Dauphin County I came to America shortly after the Peace was declared I came to Dauphin County the next week after I came to West afterwards and lived in Chester County a while way back and forward in Dauphin County. Think I lived a year or more altogether in Dauphin County can't now remember when this was a few years after I came to this country -
Shown & subscribed before me this 4 th day of January
A. D 1854
John Mouser J. P. By W. W. W. J. P.

I John Mower before whom James Moorhead Eleazar Baughman James Gorse were this day sworn as certify that they are all of them respectable and credible witnesses and worthy of the highest confidence given under my hand this 4 th day of January A.D. 1854 John Mower
State of Pennsylvania, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.
I Jos Groh PROTHONOTARY of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that JOHN MOWER before whom the foregoing Affidavits were duly acknowledged
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting is to the foregoing certificate subscribed, was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly qualified and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of said Court, Greencastle, the 26 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-4
Jos Groh Prothonotary.
JG

No. A. 1853
Letters of Administration on the
Estate of
Eleanor Gilchrist
de
Westmoreland
GRANTED.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania To
all to whom these Letters of Administration shall come, Greeting.
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING.

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
MORELAND COUNTY, SS.
The Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the county aforesaid, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To
James R Parr Esq.
GREETING.
Whereas, Eleanor Gilchrist
of the Township of Derry Westmoreland County, and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, lately died intestate, [as is affirmed] she having whilst she lived and at the time of her death, divers goods, chattels and credits within said state and counties, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the Administration of all and singular, the goods, chattels and credits of the said decedent, and auditing the accounts, calculation and reckoning of said administration, and a final dismission of the same from me, is manifestly known to belong: I desire that the goods, chattels and credits of the said decedent may be well and truly administered and disposed of to pious uses, and do hereby grant unto the said
James R Parr Esq.
[in whose fidelity in this behalf I very much confide,] full power by the tenor of these presents, to administer the goods, chattels and credits of the said decedent within the said counties: and also to ask, collect, sue for, levy, recover, and receive the credits whatsoever of the said decedent, which at the time of her death were owing, or to her did in any wise belong, and to pay the debts in which the said decedent stood obliged, so far forth as the said goods, chattels and credits will extend, according to the rate and order of law, especially of well and truly administering the goods, chattels and credits of the said decedent, and making a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said decedent, and exhibiting the same into the Register's Office, at Greensburg, on or before the 23 d day of January next ensuing, and settling in this office a true and just account, calculation and reckoning of the said administration, on or before the 23 d day of December which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four or when thereunto lawfully required. And I do by these presents ordain, constitute and depute you the said
James R Parr Esq.
Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said decedent within the limits aforesaid, saving harmless and forever indemnifying me, and all other officers against all other persons by reason of your administration aforesaid, and saving to every one their rights. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Greensburg the 23 d day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Randal McLaughlin Regr.

Westmoreland County ss
proof of the widows eligibility and indigent circumstances
Personally came before the subscriber a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the County afore- said James Shields and Robert Rainey Esqr. who being sworn according to law did severally depose and say that they was acquainted with the widow Eleanor Gilchrist the Petitioner for many years that she is worthy of credit that they believe the matter set forth in her petition is true and that they know she is in indigent circumstances. Sworn and subscribed before me this 16 th day of March A.D. 1840
E. A. Robison
J. S. Shields
Robert Rainey
Westmoreland County ss
certificate of two Justices of Peace
The two of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do certify that the above named James Shields and Robert Rainey Esqr are respectable citizens of the neighbourhood where the said Eleanor Gilchrist the pe- titioner resides and reputed as men of veracity and with whom we are well acquainted. Witness our hands and seals this 16 th day of March A.D. 1840.
John Bigham J.P. E. A. Robison J.P.

N o 301.
Lancaster March 12 th 1806.
For 22 dollars and 5/100-
Sir
Pay to the Representatives of John Gilchrist deceased on order, the sum of twenty two dollars and fifty seven cents out of the third appropriation, being the amount stated in the official certificate of the Comptroller General and Register General N o 301. to be due for pension from the 20 th day of August 1805 until twenty seventh day of December in the same year (inclusive) is four months and seven days at 64 dollars per annum per act of the 20 th February 1804.
Thos M c Kean
To Isaac Weaver Esq r , Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Entered N o 315 John Kean
Entered Geo: Duffield N o 316,
Sir Please to pay James Brady Esquire the pension due my late husband John Gilchrist deceased up to the 27 th day of December last past, and his receipt shall be your discharge, and oblige your humble servant. To Isaac Weaver Esq r Treasurer of Pennsylvania
Eleanor Gilchrist March 3 rd 1806.
"Endorsed" James Brady.
Auditor General's Office August 15 th 1839 I certify that the above is a correct copy of the original remaining on file in this Office.
Witness my hand and seal of Office the day and year aforesaid.
Richd Wharton For E. R. Esq r Sec y Genl

Plumer (403) Petition & documents of Ebenezer Gilchrist of West. County praying for gratuity & annuity
Senate Chamber Harrisburg April 18 th 52
I do certify that the within papers were on the files of the Senate, and, on leave having been granted, were withdrawn.
Thomas A. Magare Clerk of the Senate
37 c
Rev. Alexander D r 16 Mar
John C. Plumer Esquire Senator State Pension Plumer March 19 1840 Per Grat.
Harrisburg, Dauphin Co. Pa.
End. Senat. Mar. 19 Gratuity & annuity Strohm

3106 V St NW
Wash D.C.
March 11 th 1904
Mr Chas Bryant Pension Bldg City
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me any information in regard to + Soldiers named in inclosed papers, from Land Warrants etc. or anything by which they could be identified & greatly oblige
Yours truly J. N. McAbey
+ viz James Christie Mifflin Co - Pa. b. 1751 d. 1822 John Kilchrist Blairsville Pa John Lynn Prince Wm Co Va

Kaskee Ill.
Dec. 26. 1936.
Veterans Bureau:-
I understand that a John Gilchrist only and a John Gilchrist Jr served in Rev. War. and that they received a pension.
Would these records state who the wife or children are of the above Gilchrist?
I am a great great grand daughter of Wm Gilchrist and think he was a son of a John Gilchrist.
I wish records to complete D.A.R. application papers so an early answer will be appreciated.
Many thanks for an answer. Mary Pickup

P.S. If these records state dates of birth and death . and place of residence please state these facts also.

May 21, 1937
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Miss Ford
Will you kindly tell me whether you have any Revolutionary War Record for John Gilchrest of Paytangs. Lancaster Co Pa. Believe he is buried in Paytangs. Do not know his birth or death dates. His wife was Margaret Cowden & he had a daughter Martha born in 1751 who was Mrs. John Bell. He also had a son Matthew.
William M c Jenkins 7726 Stanton Ave.
Swissvale Pa.

MRS. MERLE ELLWOOD FREY 228 SOUTH SPRING STREET BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Gentlemen: -
Would please Send me a copy of the Revolutionary Service & Pension record of John Gilchrist - of Capt. John Reeds co.
Thanking you I am your truly (Mrs. M.E.) John D. Frey

ISC
Rej. File No. 4,015, Revolutionary War.
March 24, 1904.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 11th instant relating to the military record of John Gilchrist, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have to inform you that he was pensioned as early as March 4, 1801, for disability incurred in the service. His application for pension is not on file, as the papers filed in such claims prior to 1814 were destroyed that year by fire.
He married October 28, 1788, Eleanor . . . . . , in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and died December 27, 1805, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
It appears from the papers filed by his widow that he was "commissioned as 2nd Lieut. of company of Foot under command of John Reed, in the Battalion raised in Lancaster Co. for the flying camp July 12, 1776."
Report from War Department herewith returned. Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. T. N. McAbey,
3106 "N" St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
This man is on list of us prisoners of Phila. whose papers were burned. pension commenced Mar 4, 1789. Act June 7/1785.

January 6, 1937
Mary Pickup Kasbeer Illinois
John Gilchrist R. 4015 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Gilchrist and John Gilchrist, Jr., both of whom served in the War of the Revolution.
The record of John Gilchrist which follows was obtained from pension papers R. 4015, based upon his disability incurred while in the service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only John Gilchrist found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The surname has been searched under similar spellings.
The date and place of birth of John Gilchrist are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated. The name is found- John Gilchrist, John M. Gilchrist, and John Kilcriest.
John Gilchrist was commissioned, July 12, 1776, 2nd Lieutenant in Captain John Reed's Company of foot in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp; he was wounded in his right arm in the month of August, 1776.
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1789 on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound. He was, also, pensioned by the State of Pennsylvania, from January 1, 1803, on account of disability incurred while in the service.
He married, October 28, 1788 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Eleanor or Ellen Berryhill, a native of

October 8, 1937
Mrs. M. E. Frey 228 South Spring Street Blairsville, Pennsylvania
John Gilchrist R. 4015 BA-J/AWF aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Lieutenant John Gilchrist of Captain John Reed's company, War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 4015, based upon disability of John Gilchrist incurred while in the service during the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Gilchrist were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated. The name is shown- John Gilchrist, John M. Gilchrist, and John Kilcriest.
John Gilchrist was commissioned, July 12, 1776, Second Lieutenant in Captain John Reed's company of foot in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Battalion of the Flying Camp; he was wounded in his right arm in the month of August, 1776.
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1789 on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound. He was pensioned, also, by the State of Pennsylvania, from January 1, 1803, on account of disability incurred while in the service.
He married October 28, 1788 in Dauphin County,

Pennsylvania, Eleanor or Ellen Berryhill. She was a native of said Dauphin County, the date of her birth and names of her parents were not given.
John Gilchrist and Eleanor (Ellen) Berryhill, when they married were both of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They were living in 1804 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and from there moved to Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where John Gilchrist died December 27, 1805.
It was stated that his widow, Eleanor Gilchrist, was pensioned by the State of Pennsylvania, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War.
The widow died May 10, 1844 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
John Gilchrist at his death, left five children:
Juliet M., born September 21, 1789, married Andrew Irvine.
Lucinda E., date of birth not given, married John Lotta or Latta.
John A., date of birth not given, died in 1828 or the spring of 1829.
Hannah C., date of birth not given, married James B. Parr.
Matilda B., date of birth not given, married Thomas McConnell, she died in 1836.
Juliet M. Irvine, Lucinda E. Lotta or Latta, and Hannah C. Parr survived their mother, and were still living in 1854.
James B. Parr in 1854 was sixty years of age and living in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; he was

administrator on the estate of the widow, Eleanor or Ellen Gilchrist.
Isaac G. Parr was a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1854; his relationship to the family was not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

said Dauphin County. The date of birth of Eleanor (Ellen) Berryhill is not given, nor are the names of her parents stated.
John Gilchrist and Eleanor Berryhill, when they were married, were both of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They were living in 1804 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and from there moved to Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where John Gilchrist died, December 27, 1806.
It is stated that his widow, Eleanor Gilchrist, was pensioned by the State of Pennsylvania, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. She died May 10, 1844 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
John Gilchrist, at his death, left five children- Juliet M., born September 21, 1789, married Andrew Irvine; Lucinda E., (date of birth not given) married John Lotta or Latta; John A., (date of birth not given) died in 1828 or the spring of 1829; Hannah C., (date of birth not given) married James B. Parr; Matilda B., (date of birth not given) married Thomas McConnell, she died in 1836. It is not stated when or where these children were married.
Juliet M. Irvine, Lucinda E. Lotta (Latta), and Hannah C. Parr survived their mother and were still living in 1854.
James B. Parr in 1854 was aged sixty years and living in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was administrator of the estate of the widow, Eleanor or Ellen Gilchrist.
Isaac G. Parr was a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1854; his relationship to the family not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator